New publication! My report in @hepi-news.bsky.social looks at racial equity in UK higher education, and finds that even in TEF Gold institutions there are large awarding gaps and serious underrpresentation of Global Majority staff #HigherEducation #Equity www.hepi.ac.uk/reports/maki...
19.02.2026 19:40 β π 4 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
New review from P Genschikβs team in
@jxbotany.bsky.social 𧬠A fresh look at the huge diversity and functions of plant F-box proteins.
π Open questions & new perspectives for π± biology.
βΆοΈhttps://academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jxb/erag074/8475508?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Plants use cell-surface and intracellular receptors that collaborate to detect pathogensπ¦ . We discovered that a key #ubiquitin recognition event recruits both receptor types into an unexpected dual receptor complex that boost the translation of defence proteins and establishes robust #PlantImmunityππΎ
09.02.2026 09:57 β π 66 π 44 π¬ 2 π 1And publish in society owned journals like @theplantcell.bsky.social @theplantjournal.bsky.social Plant Biotechnology Journal, @jxbotany.bsky.social @newphyt.bsky.social @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social and many others!
06.02.2026 17:40 β π 30 π 13 π¬ 0 π 2
Congrats to @robertoskar.bsky.social for passing his PhD viva last Friday, investigating the role of mobile signals in βvaccinatingβ plants against diseases!!π₯³ππ₯³ Many thanks to examiners @jurriaanton.bsky.social and @drannisr.bsky.social !!
19.01.2026 22:30 β π 16 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Congrats to @tamatar.bsky.social for passing her PhD viva with flying colours, studying the role of diverse ubiquitin topologies in plant immunity!!π₯³ππ₯³ Many thanks to examiners @djgibbs.bsky.social and Lucas Frungillo!
09.01.2026 16:42 β π 13 π 2 π¬ 1 π 1
We were delighted to welcome Steven Spoel @spoel-lab.bsky.social to Cologne. Thanks to the @sfb1403.bsky.social for supporting his invitation. We learned a lot about ubiquitin chains and their role in plant immunity π€―.
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Very excited to announce that our collaborative manifesto for π± #PlantScience #Education has now been published! Educators from >10 countries and 30 institutions have contributed to it and we are incredibly proud of the final output. Here is a short thread π§΅1/4 doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...
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1/2 This manifesto is the result of a collaborative effort started earlier this year at the Plant Biology Education conference in Lancaster, UK.
We are delighted to see it out and we are proud that our Comms team contributed to such an important resource for the community! π±
Watch the Community Impact Awards Presentations!
Times: 5:20-15:06: Jose Dinneny.
19:35-30:07: Jade Bleau.
33:30-15:06: Joanna Friesner.
46:40-1:01: Q&A by Mary Gehring
@jadebleau.bsky.social @jfriesner.bsky.social @josedinneny.bsky.social
@stanfordstomata.bsky.social @spoel-lab.bsky.social
The New Phytologist Foundation is delighted to support this year's @blackinplantsci.bsky.social conference! #PlantScience
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Image of mugs branded βconnect, celebrate, cultivate, and cookies with the Black in Plant Science logo.
Image of mugs branded βconnect, celebrate, cultivate, and cookies with the Black in Plant Science logo and stickers and postcards branded for βNew Phytologistβ
Photo of chair seats with white notebooks with a Black in Plant Science logo and text
Excited to welcome speakers and delegates to Black In Plant Science 2025, today in Leeds! Thanks @newphyt.bsky.social & other sponsors! @blackinplantsci.bsky.social @camplantsci.bsky.social @yoselin.bsky.social
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Readyβ¦Setβ¦GO!!! for the @blackinplantsci.bsky.social conference at The Helix in Leeds today!!ππ
24.10.2025 08:05 β π 10 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0In Arabidopsis it only really works in certain immune mutants such as efr1 or npr1, but that probably doesnβt help your complementation study!?!
14.10.2025 18:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
We are advertising a PhD project investigating a cellular mechanism that ensures protein quality control during mRNA translation in plants. Please get in touch on here or via email if you are interested and I can provide further details!
Lab website: sites.google.com/site/danielg...
FRET sensor for SA developed. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
09.10.2025 21:11 β π 42 π 21 π¬ 1 π 1
SALICYLIC ACID SENSOR1 reveals the propagation of an SA hormone surge during plant pathogen advance
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Fantastic! Congrats!! Wishing you and your group a smooth transfer!
09.10.2025 21:04 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
RSVP to join the October 29th webinar and hear from the 2025 Arabidopsis Community Impact Awardees! bit.ly/naascawards
@jadebleau.bsky.social @jfriesner.bsky.social r.bsky.social @josedinneny.bsky.social
Excellent news!! Well done!π₯³
23.07.2025 23:08 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Pleased to have been awarded a Proof-of-Concept grant from @erc.europa.eu In collaboration with Elsoms Seed Ltd, Dr Lindsay Williams in our team will aim to improve the longevity of some of worldβs most popular vegetables!!
@instmolplantsci.bsky.social
@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
tinylink.net/Z348F
Happy moving day!!π
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Iβm happy that our commentary is out! (It would be wonderful if this made a difference!)
In defense of funding foundational plant science academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...
π¨ Deadline extended! π¨
Registration for the 2nd UK Proteostasis Network meeting in Dundee is open until 30 April!
𧬠Plenty of chances for selected talks from abstracts
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3β5 June 2025
π Dundee
ποΈ Program now live!
Sign up and view the programme here: dundee.ac.uk/events/joint...
!!New Preprint!! On the activation of RRS1-R/RPS4 paired NLRs!! Thanks to @jonathandgjones.bsky.social for this opportunity to work on this project, and thanks to all the coauthors for their effort and support! Thread (1/)
@thesainsburylab.bsky.social @instmolplantsci.bsky.social
t.co/aHNCKj4KUn
How does immunisation establish durable disease resistance in plants?
Mobile immune signals released upon immunisation boost effectiveness of the defence hormone salicylic acid by ten times!π² This results in higher immune gene expression and systemic acquired resistance against infection.
Pseudomonas syringae secretes the iminosugar glycosyrin to block plant immune recognition. It mimics galactose to inhibit Ξ²-galactosidase, disrupt flagellin sensing, and rewire host glycobiology!
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Huge congrats to Tee and everyone involved!
#PlantImmunity #PlantChemeticsLab
Seed and tuber collections are really, really, REALLY important.
A short thread 𧡠1/5
π§ͺ #plantscience
Thanks @marischuster.bsky.social!! It was an absolute pleasure to visit and to hear about all the fantastic science at the @ipbhalle.bsky.social π
21.03.2025 15:24 β π 10 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Two weeks left to submit your abstract for the Genetics Society Seed Plant Research Meeting in Durham!
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